In The Winnetka Current This Week

From The Winnetka Current:

While Bianca Cseke’s article last week (“Library patrons remain upset with director’s decisions despite creation of special committee” in the Oct. 31 issue of The Winnetka Current) was solid on many of the key facts of what took place at the Oct. 21 Board meeting for the Winnetka-Northfield Library District, one highly significant one was missed.

Although Director Wolf has eagerly promoted the idea that most people who have departed for positive reasons, I listed being aware while I was an employee there and after as a concerned resident, in chronological order, the reasons the eight employees of the Northfield Library (the Northfield Library had a dedicated staff of 13 for many years) left, over a mere 18-month period. None of those reasons were positive. The reasons all originated from changes Director Wolf demanded in how scheduling is carried out.

I may not be a mathematics genius, but eight out of 13 employees, in one section (if one were to view one library of a district as a section), over only 18 months is a turnover rate of 62 percent. That kind of turnover rate occurs when a leader is extremely terrible at their job, and needs to be replaced.

Amy Richmond

Northfield Resident